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12 times The Great British Bake Off was the best show ever

The Great Sport Relief Bake Off is back on our screens and is just about satisfying that Bake Off itch that we’ve all had since series six ended last year.

The annual joyous celebration of cake-making – reigned over by Queen of all baking, Mary Berry, and her loyal steed, Paul Hollywood – is almost literally the best thing since sliced bread. We simply can’t get enough. Here’s 12 times Bake Off proved it was the best. show. ever.

1. When Mary Berry seemed to age backwards over 5 years.

2010:

2015:

That skin, that hair, those lashes. So fabulous Mary!

2. That Ruby and Paul scandal

Series four contestant Ruby Tandoh was a breath of fresh air. One of the youngest bakers to be on the show, she was pretty, witty and a great cook. Naturally, in our social media driven world – this led to a lot of hate from sad sad viewers.

The odd bit of praise from Paul Hollywood was manipulated into supposedly blatant and creepy flirting. Viewers accused the judge of going easy on Ruby because he fancied her.

Ruby had the last laugh with this… rather expressive… tweet when she came out as gay on Twitter.

p.s. for those who thought I fancied Paul Hollywood or that I’d ever bang him to get ahead – JOKE’S ON YOU, YOU MASSIVE SHITTING MISOGYNISTS

3. Speaking of scandals, who could ever forget… BINGATE?! Series five saw the bakers have to tackle the notoriously complicated Baked Alaska. Poor Iain was struggling already when things took a turn for the worse. Having placed his ice cream monster in the freezer – with the hope it would miraculously come together in time – he left it unattended. Doddery, unassuming Diana tottered up to the freezer and swapped Iain’s for her own… leaving it out in the HOT BRITISH SUN TO DIE A SLOW DEATH. As the gif above shows, Iain had a simultaneous meltdown with his Baked Alaska and chucked it in the bin. Britain was up in arms.